Giving users access to a Watson Assistant instance

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After you install and provision a Watson Assistant instance, you can share the URL for the product user interface with other users. However, those users can log in to the product user interface only if you give them access.

Before you can give a user access to a Watson Assistant instance, they must have access to use IBM Cloud Pak for Data. For more information, see Managing access to the platform.

If you plan to use SAML for single sign-on (SSO), complete the steps in Configuring single sign-on before you add users. If you add users before you configure SSO, you must add the users again with their SAML IDs.

The following table describes the service roles.
Role Actions available
Admin
  • Launch and use the product user interface.
  • Submit API requests.
  • Give users access to deployed instances.
  • Delete instances.
User
  • Launch and use the product user interface.
  • Submit API requests.
To give people access to an instance of the Watson Assistant service, a person with the Admin role must complete the following steps:
  1. Navigate to your IBM Cloud Pak for Data instance and log in.
  2. From the web client menu, select Services > Instances.
  3. Find your service instance, and then click the overflow menu. From the overflow menu, click Manage access.
  4. Click Add users.
  5. Search for the people that you want to add, and select them.
  6. Assign a role to each person.
  7. Click Add.
Tip: Before users can create search skills in Watson Assistant, they must have access to a Watson Discovery instance. Add any users who must add data collections or query existing collections using a search skill to Watson Discovery.